Imagining New Pathways for Collaboration in Crisis

Humanity United is thrilled to publish A Pathway to Peace: An Engagement Framework for the Next Evolution of Peacebuilding. Through a collaborative process, proximate peacebuilders from conflict-affected countries defined priorities for the next decade of Peacebuilding. They envision a system where peacebuilding is a locally-led and context specific endeavor that is rooted in community agency.  

To lead the creation of this Framework, Humanity United brought together a Steering Committee of 9 proximate peacebuilders from 6 conflict-affected countries who were nominated by network organizations and Humanity United staff and sought out for their leadership in implementing peacebuilding activities. The Steering Committee created a research framework; validated research questions and findings; and prioritized the recommendations. More than 135 proximate peacebuilders and partners were also consulted through a series of six two-hour thematic focus group discussions, a global survey, and key informant interviews. In addition, two roundtables lasting two hours with 16 intermediary INGOs were held. 

This moment in history presents an opportunity to reenvision our global relationships and create new ways of working together. This bottom-up Framework captures the collective wisdom of proximate peacebuilders, activists and allies, and documents their proposed pathways for a more inclusive, adaptive, responsive, and mutually accountable system of peacebuilding partnerships.  

Later this fall the full analysis of the global survey will be published and the framework will be published in seven additional languages. Please reach out to peacebuilding@humanityunited.org with any questions.